‘No danger’: UNC says it’s warning Carolina about an armed and dangerous individual wrongly dispatched

UNC released an Alert Carolina notification on Tuesday evening cautioning individuals about an “armed and dangerous person” on campus. However, the alert was promptly retracted, and officials clarified that there was no actual threat to the campus’s safety.

The university issued a message to all campus community members apologizing for an erroneous alert that was mistakenly sent out through the notification system. UNC explained that the emergency alert was transmitted during the preparation of a routine siren test and confirmed that there was no ongoing threat to the campus.

As part of the regular sirens test, the Emergency Warning Alert Carolina was activated in error. There was no danger to campus. We apologize for the confusion.

— UNC-Chapel Hill (@UNC) June 18, 2024

Just a few minutes before, at 6:05 p.m., an initial Alert Carolina notification was issued, advising individuals to seek shelter indoors and stay away from windows. This language mirrors what the university has previously used when there was a suspected presence of firearms on campus, as was the case last August when a professor was tragically shot at the Caudill Laboratory. However, three minutes later, another Carolina Alert was sent out, stating that normal activities could be resumed.

Similar to its practice prior to siren testing, UNC had previously used the Alert Carolina system to inform the campus about a scheduled test on Tuesday, June 14. Following the erroneous Alert Carolina notification issued on Tuesday, a university representative informed Chapelboro that the drill would be delayed.

For access to past alerts and communications to the campus community, Alert Carolina notifications can be accessed on the university’s website.

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